A fire that badly damaged a Black Connersville City Council member's home in eastern Indiana is being investigated by the FBI after a racial slur was found spray painted at the house.

Indiana's Fayette County once bustled with factories that served the auto industry, earning the nickname "Little Detroit." Now, it has another distinction: the highest suicide and overdose death rates in the state.

The grants announced Wednesday include $300,000 each for Indianapolis, Bloomington and Connersville.